How Many People Have the Last Name Chaney?
people had the surname Chaney in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 8,881 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+768 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Chaney (71%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 23%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Chaney ranks #788. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 73.6% to 71%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Chaney grew from 32,433 people in 2000 to 33,201 in 2010 (up 2.4%), and its rank fell from #979 to #1,059. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 12.02 to 11.26 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 32,433 | 33,201 |
| Rank | #979 | #1,059 |
| Per 100,000 people | 12.02 | 11.26 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Chaney
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Chaney: C500
👤 Chaney as a First Name
Chaney is a first name too: about 1,564 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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